- From: Kelly Ford <kford@teleport.com>
- Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 12:13:38 -0700 (PDT)
- To: webwatch-l@teleport.com
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An interesting article but this magazine would do well to practice more of the very accessible web design they report to be such a problem. As a leading content provider for the web, PC Week and the entire ZDNet web site at http://www.zdnet.com are glaring examples of inaccessible web design. Many of the ZDNet sites feature dozens of untagged links, image maps with no text explaining where they lead and pages that come up in a dizzying number of columns of graphical browsers. In my opinion it is past time for these magazines to report what a glorious treat it is that people with disabilities have some access to the web and time for them to take what they report about to heart. The myriad letters I have written to the people at ZDNet have all been answered with canned replies about appreciating my suggestions and passing them on. When, if ever, will we see any results. Anyone, like those interviewed for this article, with better contacts into the maze of people at ZDNet might make the same suggestions to them about correcting some of the glaring inaccessibility on ZDNet. Kelly
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